News by Matt S. Developed by an English indie team that go by the name CooCooSqueaky, Tears of Avia aims to be a classical turn-based tactics JRPG for fans of the genre, by fans of the genre, and will land in the last quarter of the year. This one has…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. I want to say this upfront: I’m having a great time with this new Fire Emblem that Nintendo’s releasing on Nintendo Switch. I’m looking forward to getting my review out there later on in the month, because there’s a lot to love about it. But there…
Read MoreRetro by Matt S. Retro collections are all the rage at the moment. Looking at the Nintendo Switch alone, Capcom’s thrown out two, Konami three, SNK’s got one and so does SEGA. Square Enix has also got in on the action with the Collection of Mana package. So allow me…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. With the original Dragon Quest Builders, Square Enix had a winning formula on its hands – combining the creative gameplay of Minecraft style voxel-builders with the JRPG breadcrumbing of the no-nonsense Dragon Quest franchise. Rather than being a throwaway spinoff to cash in on a fad-genre,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It’s no understatement to say that we’re greatly looking forward to Trails of Cold Steel III. The first two in the series did such an incredible job of setting up a brand new mini-franchise, and we’ve been aching to get stuck into the latter half of…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The latest in the Conception series, Conception Plus: Maidens of The Twelve Stars, has an Amazon listing, placing the release date on November 5 of this year. For those of you that haven’t come across the series before, Conception is a series of JRPGs in which…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. NISA, the maverick publisher that never seems to take a break, has announced that it is bringing the gorgeous-looking Langrisser I & II remaster to PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Steam. Related reading: There’s a Langrisser on the 3DS, and it’s not as bad as some…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. As soon as you describe a Kickstarter project as a spiritual successor to something beloved, you set the expectations through the roof—not least of all when the original creator comes out of the shadows to take the helm. Even if the end result is something that’s…
Read MoreRetro reflections by Matt S. With Fire Emblem: Three Houses releasing this month, and marking the first “proper” Fire Emblem to land on Nintendo Switch, I’ve been going back over my time with the series, and replaying the first Fire Emblem to be formally localised and released into English. Fire…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Never one to let a good opportunity go to waste, Idea Factory has apparently been spurred on by the success of the original Death end re;Quest. As we noted in our own review, it is one of the most mature and intelligent games that the publisher…
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